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Fall 2013

I am interested in land and land ownership in California, in conducting research on these topics I hope to get an insight into the Spanish conquest ideology, the reasons and justifications. In this process Friar Junipero Serra played a crucial…

Hello all, My name is Francisco Martinez and this semester I began my second year as a transfer student from the Peralta community college system. I am a history major, I consider myself to be a world historian but I…

After searching the archives of the New York Times online for ‘Italian American’, limiting my results to the year 1941-42, I came across an article from March 4, 1942 entitled ‘Evacuation Area set for Japanese in Pacific States’. The article…

Browsing the list of online databases on lib.berkeley.edu I found a few that might be relevant to my topic: Italinemo, Historical Abstracts, Humanities International Complete (as well as the familiar JSTOR and ProQuest). Unfortunately only the latter furnished me with…

Given that I am carrying on my research topic for a final paper a delayed and retroactive TQR is actually very useful. The current question I am working with is ‘What determined government policy towards Italian Americans during World War…

I have learned so much in this class this semester. The visits to the different libraries and just getting to use the materials offered there have been mentally encouraging. I now know that research is quite a long process and…

I really enjoyed taking this class my first semester here. It really allowed me to learn about Berkeley’s resources and meet other people in the history department. I definitely learned more about how to construct research for undergrad. It was…

rSo I am still working on my research paper for the Japanese-American internment experience. I have found many interesting resources and I have submitted a proposal letter to my professor about my plans for research. I just got it back…

I thought the visit to the BAM/PFA was a great trip! I had never been there before but had always passed by the building. I always thought it was an abandoned building or that it was some sort of jail.…